Democrats respond to Calvo's address

Feb. 12, 2013

Written by

Cameron Miculka
Pacific Daily News

The head of the island's Democratic Party yesterday accused Gov. Eddie Calvo's administration of "spinning" Guam's employment and poverty rates in a jobs report released Sunday.

Democratic Party of Guam Executive Director Carlo Branch yesterday said the governor's office correctly reported that there were more people working in December 2012 than the previous year. But Branch noted that Guam's overall job numbers are lower than in 2010, the last year of former Gov. Felix Camacho's administration.

"The Calvo administration has always had a loose relationship with the facts," Branch ...